"I believe – we've had female athletes and characters in our sports games in the past, and we've had an all-star team in the NBA game one year – but I believe this is the first time one of our sports title has added a full women's league," he said.

Explaining why the league has only just been introduced, Nielsen explained that throughout the acquisition of licences for the 'Legends of the Majors' mode, the team thought it "might be the year to go after it".

"Given resources that we have in a given year, you can only focus on so many things," he explained.

"They were excited to work with us, and [it] gives them great exposure, being in the game as well."

Two new female golfers will be introduced in Tiger Woods PGA Tour 14; LGPA player of the year Stacy Lewis and the up-and-coming 18-year-old Lexie Thompson.

'Legends of the Majors' sees players compete against the likes of Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer and cover star Seve Ballesteros in a series of historical events across all four Majors, and will be accompanied by classic golfing outfits and era-specific visual treatments.

The game will include 20 full courses on the disc and support motion peripherals PlayStation Move and Kinect on PS3 and Xbox 360 respectively.

It also adds a live weather feed and night golfing, complete with illuminated golf balls.

Tiger Woods PGA Tour 14 will be released on March 26 in North America and March 28 in Europe.